STEP Eastern Backbone: CenterPoint as co-participant
The challenge
The physical grid is getting stronger. The market signals driving it are getting more complex.
CenterPoint's Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative represents a historic commitment to reliability. But infrastructure investment alone doesn't tell you what's happening in the market right now. Whether it's ERCOT in Houston or MISO in Indiana, reliability operations require more than EMS and SCADA can show on their own. When congestion binds, is it local or signaling broader grid stress? When prices spike, is that a scarcity signal that warrants action, or noise that resolves itself? When battery dispatch surges, what does that mean for congestion through CenterPoint's system in the next hour? These questions matter more now than they did before RTC+B in ERCOT, and amid the resource adequacy and large load pressures reshaping MISO's Indiana footprint.
Clearer signals. Faster decisions. Easier to explain.
Yes Energy gives CenterPoint's reliability and planning teams a unified view of the market signals that matter across any ISO, so the right call is faster and easier to explain. No market expertise required.
See where the grid is stressed, not just where alarms fire
Real-time LMP and congestion components show which constraints are driving broader grid stress, so operators can quickly answer: is this a local issue, or something bigger?
Know when system tightness is real
Ancillary service pricing signals give operators a clear view of system-wide tightness versus normal conditions, helping answer: do we need to act now, or is the system still stable?
Anticipate recurring congestion before it escalates
Historical congestion pattern data lets teams recognize the signals that typically precede issues on their system, reacting before problems escalate into outages or emergencies.
Explain what happened after the fact
Post-event replay of price spikes, congestion evolution, and scarcity signals gives teams clear, defensible explanations for internal reviews.
What customers say
"Yes Energy allowed us to move faster and make better decisions. It has helped the revenue of our company in a way that if we didn't have Yes Energy, I'm not sure how we would make money."
Dustin Odum, Southeast Power Coordinator, Rainbow Energy
Yes Energy across your markets
In ERCOT since 2008
15+ years of continuous ERCOT coverage through every major market change: CREZ, extreme weather, RTC+B.
All 11 North American ISOs
Complete coverage across ERCOT, MISO, PJM, and all other major ISOs. One platform, consistent data, wherever your team operates.
Built for teams without a market function
Complex market signals translated into clear, visual indicators of grid stress. Operators don't need market expertise to use prices as a reliability signal.
Real-time and historical coverage
60-second real-time grid data alongside complete nodal LMP history. Prices, congestion, load, generation, and transmission outages in one place.
Fits how your team works
API and Snowflake delivery means structured, model-ready data in the format your analytics stack already uses.
Post-event clarity across markets
Replay price spikes, congestion evolution, and scarcity signals after any event for clear, defensible explanations when it matters.
